Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 26, 2019

Engineers design flat pack self-watering plant pot Related: + POTR POTS Via BBC POTR Pots, flat pack self-watering plant pot

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling 279

GreenBiz

MARCH 9, 2021

Reduce, reuse, recycle, register? Consumer interest in the use of recycled materials, so-called recyclates, is on the rise. Patagonia, for example, recently declared that 68 percent of its offerings use recycled materials. Tue, 03/09/2021 - 00:05.

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Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Patents 309

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 24, 2021

With a focus on the future of sustainability in automotive design, the MINI Strip is a one-off car that resulted from a collaboration between two British brands. MINI and Paul Smith custom-made the vehicle, which premiered to the world in London in August 2021.

Recycled materials 210

Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Automotive 210

Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 22, 2020

One tool for handling long days on your feet or sitting at a computer is a trusty pair of compression socks.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling 213

GreenBiz

JULY 9, 2024

Sponsored: Colored and opaque PET is a valuable recyclable material with significant benefits for brands. New technologies and end markets are expanding the supply of recycled PET, expanding circularity for one of the most widely recycled plastics.

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Plastics Recycled materials Technology Recycling 314

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 5, 2020

This fashion boutique is made with clay tiles, upcycled metal, recycled beer bottles and more.

Fashion 207

Fashion Recycled materials Recycling Recycling 207

Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 20, 2020

Spending a lot of time at home? Give your feet a little support and style with these vegan leather slippers.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling 236

Living Green Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

As environmental concerns and sustainability gain more traction, using recyclable materials in house building has become a modern solution. Recyclable materials not only help reduce waste but also offer cost-effective alternatives for construction.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Sustainability 98

GreenBiz

MARCH 10, 2023

In 2025, there will be media and consumer outrage around all the failed commitments related to eliminating virgin plastic packaging and increasing the use of recycled material.

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Packaging Plastics Recycled materials Recycling 315

Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In2Green is the brainchild and merger between founders Stefanie Zeldin and Lori Slater, lifelong environmental thinkers.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling 175

Science Daily: Renewable Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A simple, highly efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly process could provide a viable pathway for the sustainable recycling of depleted lithium-ion batteries (LIBs): No chemicals beyond citric acid need to be added to leach out and separate over 99 % of the lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese metals contained in NCM batteries.

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Recycling Recycling Batteries Recycled materials 114

Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 19, 2020

Get your Disney characters delivered retro style and made from recycled materials. The line is a partnership with Unifi, a leader in the recycled fibers game.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling 294

Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 3, 2020

The Looper tented suites incorporate recyclable materials and renewable energy to bring customizable accommodation to isolated and environmentally sensitive wilderness areas — such as rugged yet beautiful Yala National Park in southeast Sri Lanka. <!

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Energy 335

GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

Citizens can feel disheartened by the realization that our efforts to recycle are often in vain. Consider the following statistics: More than 20 million tons of curbside recyclable materials are sent to landfills annually. If the remaining 20 million tons were recycled, it would generate 370,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs.

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Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Waste 511

TechXplore

OCTOBER 20, 2023

On a gray, foggy day in May 2021, a rust-kissed barge carried three shed-sized tidal turbines—each mounted on the points of a triangular steel frame—through New York City's East River.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Energy 211

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 7, 2022

Founders (and step-sisters) Georgie Smith and Hilary Gibbs began with a simple idea to expand options for interior design with decorative tiles to accent any space. They then embedded the idea of sustainability into the business plan and launched LIVDEN.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Sustainability 163

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Inside this reaction vial, spotlit by concentrated sunlight, a piece of black polystyrene from a foam tray breaks down into a recyclable material (image credit: Hanning Jiang). However, finding the right helper that won’t create more waste and is easily incorporated into recycled materials remains a challenge for researchers.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 130

Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 22, 2020

Pentatonic, a circular economy company focused on removing single-use plastic products from the marketplace, partnered with acclaimed singer and outspoken opponent of single-use plastic Pharrell Williams to launch a portable dining kit made from recycled materials.

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Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Plastics 274

Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 17, 2021

Loci is changing the game with vegan sneakers made from recycled materials.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling 248

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2020

Built mainly from wood and recycled materials, the minimalist and contemporary shelter was inspired by a large natural boulder located close by.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling 245

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 2, 2020

Sustainable architecture focuses on low impact construction and natural or recycled materials. The new marketing suite for Goldman Westlink is just such a building.

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Upcycling Recycled materials Recycling Recycling 233

Charged

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Grensol will use its metals recovery and photolysis technologies, among others, to process the waste and produce useful raw materials, including critical metals for new charging stations.

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 118

GreenBiz

JANUARY 28, 2021

Most new clothing , regardless of if it is made with recycled material, will go to landfill unless nascent solutions are scaled. In addition to the economic impact of recycling, companies should consider the environmental impact that comes with how their packaging is recycled. End uses vary by resin.

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Recycling Recycling Packaging Plastics 488

Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

The ability to recycle materials has been around for generations, and as an increasing number of residential and commercial facilities take on the metal, plastic and glass, it has become a common task to put your recycling at the curb on garbage pick-up day.

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Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Plastics 238

Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

L’École du Fleuve (The River School) presents a plan that relies on locally sourced, sustainable and recycled materials.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Sustainability 200

Charged

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Noveon’s EcoFlux magnets make use of recycled materials and offer a secure supply chain solution to support a range of applications including electric vehicles, wind turbines, robots, motors, pumps and military systems that are key to energy efficiency, electrification and national security.

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Recycled materials Automotive Electric vehicle Recycling 116

GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

As companies and consumer brands incorporate recycled plastic content into their products and as part of their circularity goals, product integrity becomes an important consideration. There are many ways to evaluate the performance and safety of recycled materials.

Plastics 327

Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 327

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2025

The PPWR provides the industry with planning certainty and encourages investment, particularly in recycled content demand for plastics, potentially helping to stabilize prices for recycled materials. Decarbonisation: aluminium recycling Decarbonisation will remain a priority in 2025, particularly in the aluminium sector.

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Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Packaging 130

Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 1, 2020

Locally sourced and recycled materials by Nina+Co decorate the London location of Silo, a zero-waste restaurant focused on sustainability. Launched in Australia in 2011, Silo was heralded.

Waste 193

Waste Waste Recycled materials Sustainability 193

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

We’ve watched as retailers have made public commitments to remove products packaged in non-recyclable materials from their shelves and have seen governments implement policies to support the circular economy.

Packaging 318

Packaging Sustainability Recycling Recycling 318

Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Explorer Robert Swan tested the RIKR backpack to prove the durability of recycled materials.

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Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Plastics 177

GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Creating a circular economy for textiles means shifting to recycled and recyclable materials in order to reduce the amount of land, water and fossil fuels used to produce new clothes. Around 15 million people worldwide work as "waste pickers," salvaging reusable or recyclable materials from garbage.

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Plastics Fossil fuels Recycling Recycling 347

Charged

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Unlike mined ores, which vary in quality and require extensive refining to remove impurities, recycled materials are derived from standardized, manufactured batteries, reducing impurities and variability in metal composition.

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Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Batteries 111

GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

Then the pandemic hit, and the market changed — characterized by higher demand for single-use packages and bags, and lower availability of recycled materials. Companies have more goals for designing for recycling and recovery, and increasing recycled content than other packaging issues.

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Packaging Sustainability Recycling Recycling 479

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

King County estimates that 70 percent, over 600,000 tons per year, of recyclable material exists in the county’s waste stream despite robust curbside recycling programs. In addition to recapturing paper fibre, other recyclable materials like metals and plastics are reclaimed for new beneficial uses.

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Waste Waste Technology Recycled materials 243

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Smartphone manufacturers are showing signs of accountability through efforts to incorporate recycled materials into product design and work towards carbon neutrality. Such a massive industry has the potential to have an extensive environmental impact, from production, to the waste cycle.

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Recycled materials Carbon-neutral Recycling Recycling 181

Inhabitat - Innovation

APRIL 20, 2021

These handcrafted, beautifully modern stools are guaranteed for life, made with recycled materials and maintain a small carbon footprint. Emeco's new line of stools is handcrafted with a sleek, modern design.

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Recycled materials Sustainability Recycling Recycling 170